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  2. California Club - Wikipedia

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    The current seven-story clubhouse was completed on August 25, 1930, after construction was started in late 1928. [15] The building was designed by Robert D. Farquhar, [6] an architect trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. The American Institute of Architects awarded Farquhar the Distinguished Honor Award for the design of the ...

  3. The Family (club) - Wikipedia

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    The Family is a private club in San Francisco, California, formed in 1902 by newspapermen who in protest, left the Bohemian Club due to censorship. It maintains a clubhouse in San Francisco, as well as rural property 35 miles to the south in Woodside. It is an exclusive, invitation-only, all-male club where new members are referred to as ...

  4. Trocadero, San Francisco - Wikipedia

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    The Trocadero is a historic building located in San Francisco. Formally it was a lively roadhouse at the turn of the 20th century it had offered gambling at roulette tables and dancing, as well as the best trout pond in California. The building is listed as a San Francisco Designated Landmark, since April 15, 2022. [1]

  5. Chinese Immersion School at De Avila - Wikipedia

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    The school district reopened De Avila in 2009 as a Chinese immersion school because of a surfeit of new kindergarteners in San Francisco. In 2014 it was recognized as a California Distinguished School and Rosina Tong won the mayor's Principal of the Year Award. [24] In 2021, it was recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School. [25]

  6. List of Michelin-starred restaurants in the San Francisco Bay ...

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    The San Francisco Michelin Guide was the second North American city chosen to have its own Michelin Guide. Unlike the other U.S. guides which focus mainly in the city proper, the San Francisco guide includes all the major cities in the Bay Area: San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose and Berkeley, as well as Wine Country, which includes Napa and ...

  7. Metropolitan Club (San Francisco) - Wikipedia

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    In 1915, a group of local women established the Woman's Athletic Club of San Francisco to promote physical fitness and camaraderie among women and modeled it after the Woman's Athletic Club of Chicago. [1] It was the first women's athletic club west of the Mississippi. [3] The clubhouse was built in phases in 1917 and 1923. [4]

  8. Ávila family of California - Wikipedia

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    Francisco Ávila (1772–1832) was a wealthy ranchero and alcalde (mayor) of the pueblo of Los Angeles 1810–1811. Ávila was a Spaniard native of El Fuerte, New Spain (present-day Sinaloa, Mexico), which at the time was part of Spain. He was one of several sons of Cornelio Ávila and his wife. Francisco came to Los Angeles sometime after 1794.

  9. Octavia (restaurant) - Wikipedia

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    Octavia is a restaurant in San Francisco, California, United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The restaurant serves Californian [ 3 ] / American and Italian cuisine , [ 4 ] and has received a Michelin star. [ 5 ]